Urinal tablet

ABSTRACT

A tablet for use in a toilet, urinal, or the like which has an ingredient a substance for increasing the decompositional rate of the waste material in a cesspool sewage system or the like.

United States Patent [72] Inventor Albert C. Nolte, Jr.

Oyster Bay Cove, N.Y. [21] Appl. No. 824,999 [22] Filed May 15, 1969[45] Patented Sept. 14, 1971 [73] Assignee Elton Industries CorporationNew York, N.Y.

[54] URINAL TABLET 4 Claims, 3 Drawing Figs.

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[56] References Cited UNITED STATES PATENTS Des. 104,077 4 /1937 Miller16/1 Llewellyn 4/231 Primary Examiner-Laverne D. Geiger AssistantExaminer-Donald B. Massenberg AltomeyNolte and Nolte ABSTRACT: A tabletfor use in a toilet, urinal, or the like which has an ingredient asubstance for increasing the decompositional rate of the waste materialin a cesspool sewage system or the like.

URINAL TABLET This invention relates to urinal tablets or the like andmore precisely, to such tablets which have as a constituent element asubstance which effects a higher degree of decomposition of the wastematerial.

Today, the treatment of waste material that is discharged into sewersystems, cesspools and the like has become of prime importance.

In many instances, waste material discharged from toilets, urinals andthe like is conveyed by sewage systems directly to river systems withoutany depollution processing of the waste products. This type of riverdischarge greatly adds to the problem of water pollution and is totallyundesirable. In other situations, waste is either introduced into asewage disposal system which treats the waste matter in order to purifyit thereby preventing pollution or it enters a cesspool, or the like.When it enters a cesspool, the slow bacteriological decomposition of thewaste material and the accumulation of grease which enters the cesspoolas a result of kitchen use and the like results in increasinglyinefficient functioning of the cesspool. Therefore, in every instance,when waste material is discharged, there is need of purifying it so thatit will not result in stoppage of cesspools or will not add to thepollution of our streams and rivers.

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide atablet which can be used in the toilet or urinal and which includestherein a substance which will act to bacteriologically decompose thewaste material introduced into the sewage or cesspool systems.

It is also an object to achieve this result by the utilization ofsimple, inexpensive and easy to use substances and devices.

FIG. I is a perspective view of a preferred structure made in accordancewith the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view of the structure shown in FIG. 1 in affixedposition on a toilet or the like.

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken from axis III-III of FIG. 2.

There are presently known structures which are attachable to the bowlarea of a toilet or urinal. These structures have thereto attachedmaterial which acts as a deodorizing means. By designing thesestructures so that this material is positioned in contact with the bowlarea in such a way that water flowing into the bowl from the toilet tankor other supply area passes thereover (FIG. 3), this material will becaused to be introduced into the water stream. One of these devices isillustrated in FIG. 1. By including in the material a substance whichwhen introduced into the fluid stream and which when joined in thesewage disposal system, or cesspool, will act to increase thedecomposition rate of the waste material contained in the system, thiswill result in a more efficiently operating cesspool and a cesspool unitwhich will operate for longer periods of time without breakdown andwhich in sewage systems will operate to effect a higher degree ofdepollution of the waste material prior to and during the sewagetreatment operation. The substance which is presently preferred is yeastand preferably that yeast is used which is described as moist yeast.

So that the sewage treatment process and the decomposition process willbe more efficient, an agent for cutting or dissolving grease such asorthodichlorobenzene, and the like may be added to the yeast or thelike.

The preferred structure which is utilized to bring into fluid contactthe substance which will act to decompose the waste material isillustrated perspectively in FIG. 1. The attaching structure 10 isgenerally made of plastic and the arms 21, 22 extend inwardly towardeach other so that when this structure is mounted to the rim of thetoilet bowl 30, the arms are forced apart and therefore resiliently urgethe tablet 20, which has therein incorporated the decompositionaccelerator and grease cutter, into contact with the bowl itself and bybeing so positioned, the water which passes from the toilet tank 32through the toilet bowl channel 33 and which enters the bow at apertures21 is caused to pass thereover and therearound. The remainder of thetablet 20 may be comprised of naphthalene, resin and pine oils or any ofthe many similar well-known substances which are now utilized in tabletsof this type.

What I claim is:

1. An article for installation in a toilet bowl forming part of a wastecollection system, comprising a water-disintegrating cake containingyeast as the active ingredient for decomposing the waste materialcollected in said system said yeast being present in a form wherein onlya part thereof is released with a single flushing of said toilet bowland means for supporting said cake within said toilet bowl.

2. An article according to claim 1, wherein said cake contains saidyeast in an amount equal to a plurality of flushes of said toilet bowl.

3. An article according to claim 1, wherein said cake additionallycontains a grease dissolving agent.

4. An article according to claim 3, wherein said grease dissolving agentis orthodichlorobenzene.

1. An article for installation in a toilet bowl forming part of a wastecollection system, comprising a water-disintegrating cake containingyeast as the active ingredient for decomposing the waste materialcollected in said system said yeast being present in a form wherein onlya part thereof is released with a single flushing of said toilet bowland means for supporting said cake within said toilet bowl.
 2. Anarticle according to claim 1, wherein said cake contains said yeast inan amount equal to a plurality of flushes of said toilet bowl.
 3. Anarticle according to claim 1, wherein said cake additionally contains agrease dissolving agent.
 4. An article according to claim 3, whereinsaid grease dissolving agent is orthodichlorobenzene.